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It's time the PC narrative ended:
GI Jane to become a reality in US Special Forces
GI Jane, the fictional female special forces commando immortalised by the actress Demi Moore, will soon take part in combat.
Utter madness. How to nobble your defence forces in one easy social engineering lesson. And with 1150 c0mments:
'Equality obsession is mad, bad and very dangerous'
Charles Moore: Equality has become the great doctrine of our time and it is pursued at all costs, but it reduces our freedoms.
Absolutely. And as for the second of the three issues:
# I'm sick of people saying things about the eastern europeans like: 'they do all the jobs the british wont' what rubbish. I am local to the area mentioned in this article. The truth is many companies unfairly employ those from eastern european nations over those from britain. I've personally experienced this. I am NOT a racist person, i'm just telling the truth based on first-hand experience. Many local people are angry and resentful. I can only see it getting worse…
The issue is the numbers. Not the nature of individuals who might be the nicest people going. It's the flood.
# Ah, the good old Blair legacy. One man and his ego has changed the face of Britain forever. At least i can take pride in the fact that i never voted for his odious party.
Trouble is, Cameron has made the other lot into something just as bad.
# i lived in britan for about 8 years now, and i can say that this is the most racist place off all. its pathetic.
P*** off then.
# Great Britains finished and all the British know it now. Our country has been completely ruined by the politicians allowing unlimited immigration to go on and on whilst also being completely inept at dealing with crime. Still you cant blame David Cameron he's been too busy giving all the tax payers money away to overseas countries. It's unbelievable, pathetic and very very sad.
The narrative has to stop, the things which simply don't work. On the women in combat idiocy, no one's saying they can't be in the forces – they always have been. Not in the front line. That's not only wrong, it cripples the efficiency of the forces.
On the immigrants – JSA for as long as they've worked and that's it. No other benefits, full stop.

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American Idogs dog training academy is one of the best dog obedience training schools in Fort Lauderdale in Broward County, Florida. American Idogs also serves Plantation, Davie, Hollywood, Sunrise and the City of Tamarac residents of South Florida. Our activities are held at Sunview Park, located at 1500 S.W. 42nd Ave. Ft-Lauderdale, FL 33317.
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About Balkis ., Queen of Sheba
- Stories and Legends of the Queen of Sheba
- 1 Kings 10:1-13
- Song of Songs Chapter 1 שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים
- Queen of Sheba - Wikipedia
- Queen of Sheba
- Queen of Sheba - Jewish Encyclopedia
- Queen of Sheba Genetic Legacy
- Ethiopian Treasures
QUEEN OF SHEBA (960 B.C.) by Legrand H. Clegg II Historian
"I am black but comely,
O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
As the tents of Kedar,
As the curtains of Solomon,
Look not upon me because I am black
Because the sun hath scorched me."
(Song of Solomon)
MAKEDA - QUEEN OF SHEBA (The symbol of Beauty)
Although most of Black history is suppressed, distorted or ignored by the modern world, some African traditions are so persistent that all of the power and deception of the Western academic establishment have failed to stamp them out. One such story is that of Makeda, the Queen of Sheba, and King Solomon of Israel.
Black women of antiquity were legendary for their beauty, power and lover affairs. Especially great were the Queens of Ethiopia; Queen of Sheba (960 B.C.), Candace of Meroe and her defeat of Alexander the Great (332 B.C.), Amanirenas, Amanishakhete, Nawidemak, Amanitore (Acts 8:26-40), Shanakdakh, and Malegereabar.
Ethiopia was also known as Nubia, Kush, Aksum, Abyssinia and Sheba. One thousand years before Christ, Ethiopia was ruled by a line of virgin queens. The one whose story has survived into our time was known as Makeda, "the Queen of Sheba." Her remarkable tradition was recorded in the Kebra Nagast, or the Book of the Glory of the Kings [of Ethiopia], has been held in the highest esteem and honour throughout the length and breadth of Abyssinia for a thousand years at least, and even to-day it is believed by every educated man in that country to contain the true history of the origin of the Solomonic line of kings in Ethiopia, and is regarded as the final authority on the history of the conversion of the Ethiopians from the worship of the sun, moon, and stars to that of the Lord God of Israel.
The Bible tells us that, during his reign, King Solomon of Israel decided to build a magnificent temple. To announce this endeavor, the king sent forth messengers to various foreign countries to invite merchants from abroad to come to Jerusalem with their caravans so that they might engage in trade there.
At this time, Ethiopia was second only to Egypt in power and fame. Hence, King Solomon was enthralled by Ethiopia's beautiful people, rich history, deep spiritual tradition and wealth. He was especially interested in engaging in commerce with one of Queen Makeda's subjects, an important merchant by the name of Tamrin.(1)
Solomon sent for Tamrin who "packed up stores of valuables including ebony, sapphires and red gold, which he took to Jerusalem to sell to the king."(2) It turns out that Tamrin's visit was momentous. Although accustomed to the grandeur and luxury of Egypt and Ethiopia, Tamrin was still impressed by King Solomon and his young nation. During a prolonged stay in Israel, Tamrin observed the magnificent buildings and was intrigued by the Jewish people and their culture. But above all else, he was deeply moved by Solomon's wisdom and compassion for his subjects.
Upon returning to his country, Tamrin poured forth elaborate details about his trip to Queen Makeda. She was so impressed by the exciting story that the great queen decided to visit King Solomon herself.(3)
To understand the significance of state visits in antiquity in contrast to those of today (for example, President Clinton's trips to confer with foreign heads of state), we must completely remove ourselves from the present place and time. In ancient times, royal visits were very significant ceremonial affairs. The visiting regent was expected to favor the host with elaborate gifts and the state visit might well last for weeks or even months.
Even by ancient standards, however, Queen Makeda's visit to King Solomon was extraordinary. In 1 Kings 10:1-2, the Bible tells us:
"1. And when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.
"2. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bear spices and very much gold, and precious stones. And when she was come to Solomon she communed with him of all that was in her heart."
1 Kings 10:10 adds: "She gave the king 120 talents of gold, and of spices very great store and precious stones; there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon."
We should pause to consider the staggering sight of this beautiful Black woman and her vast array of resplendent attendants travelling over the Sahara desert into Israel with more than 797 camels plus donkeys and mules too numerous to count. The value of the gold alone, which she gave to King Solomon, would be $3,690,000 today and was of much greater worth in antiquity.
King Solomon, and undoubtedly the Jewish people, were flabbergasted by this great woman and her people. He took great pains to accommodate her every need. A special apartment was built for her lodging while she remained in his country. She was also provided with the best of food and eleven changes of garments daily.
As so many African leaders before her, this young maiden, though impressed with the beauty of Solomon's temple and his thriving domain, had come to Israel seeking wisdom and the truth about the God of the Jewish people. Responding to her quest for knowledge, Solomon had a throne set up for the queen beside his. "It was covered with silken carpets, adorned with fringes of gold and silver, and studded with diamonds and pearls. From this she listened while he delivered judgments."(4)
Queen Makeda also accompanied Solomon throughout his kingdom. She observed the wise, compassionate and spiritual ruler as he interacted with his subjects in everyday affairs. Speaking of the value of her visit with the King and her administration for him, Queen Makeda stated:
"My Lord, how happy I am. Would that I could
remain here always, if but as the humblest of
your workers, so that I could always hear your
words and obey you.
"How happy I am when I interrogate you! How
happy when you answer me. My whole being is
moved with pleasure; my soul is filled; my
feet no longer stumble; I thrill with delight.
"Your wisdom and goodness," she continued, "are
beyond all measure. They are excellence itself.
Under your influence I am placing new values on
life. I see light in the darkness; the firefly
in the garden reveals itself in newer beauty. I
discover added lustre in the pearl; a greater
radiance in the morning star, and a softer
harmony in the moonlight. Blessed be the God that
brought me here; blessed be He who permitted your
majestic mind to be revealed to me; blessed be the
One who brought me into your house to hear your voice."(5)
Solomon had a harem of over 700 wives and concubines, yet, he was enamored by the young Black virgin from Ethiopia. Although he held elaborate banquets in her honor and wined, dined and otherwise entertained her during the length of her visit, they both knew that, according to Ethiopian tradition, the Queen must remain chaste. Nevertheless, the Jewish monarch wished to plant his seed in Makeda, so that he might have a son from her regal African lineage.
To this end the shrewd king conspired to conquer the affection of this young queen with whom he had fallen in love. When, after six months in Israel, Queen Makeda announced to King Solomon that she was ready to return to Ethiopia, he invited her to a magnificent farewell dinner at his palace.
The meal lasted for several hours and featured hot, spicy foods that were certain to make all who ate thirsty and sleepy (as King Solomon had planned.) Since the meal ended very late, the king invited Queen Makeda to stay overnight in the palace in his quarters. She agreed as long as they would sleep in separate beds and the king would not seek to take advantage of her. He vowed to honor her chastity, but also requested that she not take anything in the palace. Outraged by such a suggestion, the Queen protested that she was not a thief and then promised as requested.
Not long after the encounter, the Queen, dying of thirst, searched the palace for water. Once she found a large water jar and proceeded to drink, the King startled her by stating:
"You have broken your oath that you would not
take anything by force that is in my palace.
The Queen protested, of course, that surely
the promise did not cover something so
insignificant and plentiful as water, but
Solomon argued that there was nothing in the
world more valuable than water, for without
it nothing could live. Makeda reluctantly
admitted the truth of this and apologized for
her mistake, begging for water for her parched
throat. Solomon, now released from his promise,
assuaged her thirst and his own, immediately
taking the Queen as his lover."(6)
The following day as the Queen and her entourage prepared to leave Israel, the King placed a ring on her hand and stated, "If you have a son, give this to him and send him to me." After returning to the land of Sheba, Queen Makeda did indeed have a son, whom she named Son-of-the-wise-man, and reared as a prince and her heir apparent to the throne.
Upon reaching adulthood, the young man wished to visit his father, so the Queen prepared another entourage, this time headed by Tamrin. She sent a message to Solomon to anoint their son as king of Ethiopia and to mandate that thenceforth only the males descended from their son should rule Sheba.
Solomon and the Jewish people rejoiced when his son arrived in Israel. The king anointed him as the Queen had requested and renamed him Menelik, meaning "how handsome he is."
Though Solomon had many wives, only one had produced a son, Rehoboam, a boy of seven. So the king begged Menelik to remain, but the young prince would not. Solomon therefore called his leaders and nobles and announced that, since he was sending his first born son back to Ethiopia, he wanted all of them to send their firstborn sons "to be his counselors and officers." And they agreed to do so.
Menelik asked his father for a relic of the Ark of the Covenant to take back with him to the land of Sheba. It is said that while Solomon intended to provide his son with a relic, the sons of the counselors, angry at having to leave their homes and go to Sheba with Menelik, actually stole the real Ark and took it to Ethiopia.
Menelik returned to Sheba and, according to tradition, ruled wisely and well. And his famous line has continued down to the 20th century when, even now, the ruler of Ethiopia is the "conquering lion of Judah" descended directly from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
1. J.A. Rogers, World's Great Men Of Color, New York, Touchstone, 1996, vol. I, p. 81.
2. Lestor Brooks, Great Civilizations of Ancient Africa, New York, Four Winds Press, 1972, p. 204.
3. Rogers, op. cit., p. 82.
4. ibid., p. 83.
5. Ibid.
6. Brooks, op. cit., p. 206.
Arka in the Tigre and Aksum were the principal residences of Makeda. A few years ago her tomb, as well as the ruins of a great temple and twenty-two obelisks of her period, were excavated at Aksum.
Makeda possessed all the qualities of a great ruler. She has been mentioned in two holy books: the Bible and the Koran. Her fame extended even into distant parts of Europe. The Greeks spoke of her as "the black Minerva" and "The Ethiopian Diana."
- BBC History Bio
- wikipedia
- The Dynasty
- Queen of Sheba and her son Menelik
- Blackhistory Queen of Sheba bio
- PBS Queen of Sheba
- Menyelek & Sheba
The Queen of Sheba
According to Ethiopian tradition, Makeda (10th century BC), the Queen of Sheba, had a son, Menilek I, by king Solomon of Jerusalem, thus establishing the "Solomonic" dynasty of Ethiopia that ruled, with a few interruptions, until the deposition of Emperor Haile Selassie (q.v.) in 1974.
Her story of the national epic of Ethiopia, as related in the Kebra Nagast ("The Glory of Kings"), an historic-holy book that amalgamates Arabic and Jewish legends with indigenous themes. Her name and the location of her kingdom are vague to historians, but in Ethiopic her name means "not thus", as when she announced, "not thus is it good to worship the sun, but it is right to worship God." Her city was Dabra Makeda, built at her order as the capital of Ethiopia.
In the sixth year of her reign she learned from her head trader of the existence of a wonderfully-governed kingdom, Israel, and determined to visit its king and observe his methods. Her caravan took about 10 months to get through the Ethiopian mountains to the coast, cross the Red Sea and sands of Arabia. King Solomon received her cordially, and after six months' study she concluded that his rule was successful because of the affection and respect he inspired, his organization of government, and his fairness and humility. He convinced her that Ethiopia should relinquish worship of the sun, and adopt worship of God, creator of the Universe.
As she prepared to depart it occurred to Solomon that he could beget a child from this beautiful woman. He implied that he had yet another art of government to teach her, provided a great banquet, and had her food liberally peppered, and her drinks mingled with vinegar - then suggested she should spend the night. "Promise you will not take me by force," said Makeda. Solomon swore by God that he would not, if in turn she would swear not to take anything that belonged to him.
When Makeda became thirsty in the night, she drank water from a goblet placed at her bedside. Solomon, from his hidden vigil, saw her drink, and immediately claimed her - she had taken his water.
En route home, nine months and five days after leaving Jerusalem, she gave birth to a boy, whom she named Bayna Lehkem ("son of the wise man"). Despite the obvious loss of her virginity (a woman could be queen as long as she remained a virgin), Makeda continued to rule Ethiopia. When her son was 22 years of age, he insisted on meeting his father. Before he left for Jerusalem, Makeda reminded him that though the law in Ethiopia said a woman must rule, she had promised his father, Solomon, that "henceforth a man who is of thy seed shall reign," and she would abdicate on her son's return.
Despite every effort of Solomon to keep Makeda's son with him, the young man honored his pledge to his mother to return to her side, and not to marry any woman in Jerusalem. He returned to rule Ethiopia, having taken the name "Menilek I", accompanied by the eldest sons of the nobles of Israel. One of them delivered an oration praising the favorable climate and agricultural richness that they had found in Ethiopia, and then paid handsome tribute to its female monarch: "Thy wisdom is good and it surpasseth the wisdom of men ... none can be compared with thee in intelligence ... the understanding of thy heart is deeper than that of men, and thy wisdom exceeds Solomon in that thou hast been able to draw hither the mighty men of Israel."
The Ethiopians believe that these elder sons who accompanied their prince brought from Jerusalem the original Ark of the Covenant, and this treasure is symbolized by a square oblong box kept in every Ethiopian Orthodox church.
Scholars and historians are fascinated with the variations of the legend throughout the Middle East and Africa, with its psychological implications for the interpretation of Ethiopian culture; artists and musicians for centuries have been inspired by its dramatic content; ordinary people use the expression "Queen of Sheba" as a symbol for sexuality, elegance and pride. In Addis Ababa, the legend is depicted in street-sold paintings that add elements that are not in the Kebra Negast, and follow a version told in northern Ethiopia - a tyrannical dragon-serpent is killed by Agabos, whose daughter, Makeda, succeeds him. The trip to Jerusalem proceeds, but on the fateful night Solomon also sleeps with Makeda's maid-servant, who also gives birth to a son whose descendants, the Zagwé, usurp the throne between 1137 and 1270, after which the "Solomonic" dynasty of Makeda is restored. Since the Kebra Negast was committed to writing only at the beginning of the 14th century, a few historians view the entire story as a political justification for this "Solomonic" restoration. But that it is far more than this - an expression of national and religious feelings - is the consensus of Ethiopian a foreign scholars.
Chris Prouty Rosenfeld Bibliography:
E.A.W. Budge, The Queen of Sheba and Her Son, Menylek, (an English translation of Kebra Negast, meaning "The Glory of Kings"), London, 1922; Guébre Sellassié, Chronique du régne de Ménélik II ("Chronicle of the Reign of Menilek II"), 2 vols, Paris, 1930-1931; "I Kings, 10:1-13,"II Chronicles, 9:1-2," The Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version, Toronto, New York, Edinburgh, 1952; D. N. Levine, "Menilek and Oedipus: Further Observations on the Ethiopian National Epic," Proceedings of the First United States Conference on Ethiopian Studies, 1973, East Lansing, 1975; E Littmann, The Legend of the Queen of Sheba in the Tradition of Axum, Leyden, 1904; S. Pankhurst and R. Pankhurst, editors Ethiopia Observer, Vol. 1, No. 6, Special Issue on the Queen of Sheba, Addis Ababa, July, 1957; J. B. Pritchard (editor), Solomon and Sheba, London, 1974; E. Ullendorf, "Sheba," The Dictionary of Ethiopian Biography, Vol. 1, Addis Ababa, 1975. This article was reprinted from The Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography (in 20 Volumes). Volume One Ethiopia-Ghana, ©1997 by L. H. Ofosu-Appiah, editor-in-chief, Reference Publications Inc., New York, NY. All rights reserved.
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by Joyce Clapp
My girlfriend1 and I got into our first fight this week, over Macklemore.
I know, it sounds silly. But hear me out.
You know who Macklemore is; at this point, you'd likely have to be living under a rock not to know who he is. Macklemore has managed to get the issue of marriage equality on radio stations everywhere; I can't turn on a pop/rock station around here in Greensboro and not hear "Same Love" playing at least once a day, if not more. The song has apparently become an anthem for the marriage equality fight, and I won't lie; I went to the Macklemore show in Raleigh last fall (I am a fan, for sure). Hearing a stadium full of people singing along to "Same Love" (in a state that voted in Amendment One last year by a 61%-to-39% margin, with a 34% voter turnout, not that this is hardly the "overwhelming majority" many folks wanted to portray it as) had me sniffling as I sang too.
So, the issue of marriage equality is out in front of the entire country in a big way. In fact, in such a big way that same-sex couples2 were married on the Grammys recently. In addition, Macklemore seems to be a genuinely nice guy who cares about the issue of same-sex marriage. This is awesome, right? When even the straight white guy is making hip-hop music about how same-sex marriage should be legal, then it should be legal, right?
And therein lies the difficulty.
It is a sociological fact that minority groups need majority allies. Allies, after all, make laws; the very definition of a minority group is one that doesn't have power in a society. If enough men hadn't become convinced that women should be able to vote, we still wouldn't be able to. If seven white men hadn't looked at Loving v. Virginia and said…
Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to our very existence and survival…. To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discrimination. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.
…then we'd still live in a country that outlawed interracial marriage (and my girlfriend and I would be out of luck twice over).
However, when a society only starts to pay attention to an issue when allies are the ones taking notice and pushing for social change, then we have a problem as minorities and as a society. When James Zwerg was beaten because of his participation in the Freedom Rides, people sat up and started paying attention—in other words, when a white guy got beaten up over racial civil rights. This is not to diminish the huge contributions that Zwerg and other white allies made to the Civil Rights Movement—but it does raise some problematic questions about power in society and why issues only seem "real" in society when majority group members join in. What does this do to the process of social change in a society? It can create a feeling of alienation among the very minorities the social movements are intended to help.
Which brings us back to Macklemore, my girlfriend, and me. My reaction to the Grammy event was, "Wow, that was sweet, and look, there's same sex couples on TV. That's pretty awesome. Maybe this is getting normalized, and where there's normalcy, there's social change" (I am, after all, first and foremost a sociology professor). Her reaction was, "Wow, what a publicity stunt designed to make CBS look good, and oh hey, who is this white straight dude making money off of same-sex marriage. I don't want to be 'normalized,' I just want to get married." My reaction to that was, "Yes, but until it's legal everywhere, we don't get to just get married, and who cares how this is getting done, as long as it's getting done?" And we were off to the races.
Process versus product is a problem for any social movement. It's easy for me to say, "by any means necessary"—in the end, I just want to be able marry my girlfriend, peacefully and legally. It is harder for her to say "by any means necessary" about a society that works to systematically marginalize her because of the groups she belongs to. Sociologists talk about intersectionality—the idea that all of our social identities interact to affect how society interacts with us, how we interact with society, and what kinds of inequalities we run into. In other words, it's not just your race or gender orientation or sexual orientation that matter—all of these things matter when it comes to how we view the world, how it views us, and what hurdles we encounter. My race and social class and other identities added up to me going "Why does the process matter here, as long as it gets done and we get to get married in the end?"3
But process does matter. As social movements normalize and become more mainstream, those that are already marginalized in minority groups become even more marginalized. For example, Disney is releasing its first show featuring a same sex couple. Awesome, right?
Sure, there are blonde skinny white women who love women out there—and sometimes, they even hook up with each other, and they are as queer as anyone else; to say that white skinny blonde women can't be queer would be missing the point.
But the more mainstream GLBTQIA2 issues get, the more the butch women and nelly queens and drag queens and trans* folks and genderqueer folks get marginalized (and forget people of color who are also queer—once you're a minority within a minority within a minority, your voice gets drowned out). The more mainstream social change becomes, the more alienated the people at the edges of that change feel and are. After all, people who look straight aren't as threatening to society, and it's frustrating (at the least) to think that civil rights might be predicated on not appearing threatening. Nonetheless, that is how social change goes—after all, we don't celebrate Malcolm X day. We do celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day. One gentleman was seen as threatening, and the other, not so much (at least, the parts of Dr. King's vision that we talk about; we talk about the "I have a dream" MLK, but not the anti-Vietnam MLK).
This post doesn't have a nice neat ending. Social change never does. I was wrong to say that process doesn't matter. This process is rapidly marginalizing many of the same people it was meant to help, and that does matter. It also matters that in talking about marriage, we're ignoring other issues—trans* health care, the 40% of homeless youth in the U.S. that are GLBTQIA2, violence against trans* folks, or the fact that sexuality is not a federally protected employment class. We cannot marginalize large sections of our community in the quest for one (very important, but) issue. Process matters, and how we get to social changes matter. I was wrong to say that it didn't, and in doing so, I pushed my future wife's voice to the sideline.
We need allies. Allies are important to social change; they have power in society, and some of our allies care deeply and passionately about their minority friends, family, and loved ones (no matter what the issue in question is). However, we need to not have social movements where allies become the only faces on those social movements. We need a society where our culture encourages marginalized voices on the edges of marginalized communities to have a voice. How do we make that cultural change happen? I don't know.
1. Sigh. Titles, when you're queer, can get annoying. We're engaged, and planning an August wedding. However, when I say "fiancé," that erases the fact that we're both women. Wife, on the other hand, will not have that issue. So right now, I still tend to refer to her as my girlfriend (even though, when we're past the age of 35, that title also starts to feel silly).
2. Dear news media: we're not all gay. Can we please stop referring to "gay couples"?
3. And we kind of can right now—we'll be legally married in Maryland. That is both awesome and bittersweet.


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Your marital status for tax purposes is determined as of December 31. That means if you get married on New Year's Eve, you are considered married for the entire year and can file as a married couple. Likewise, if a divorce is finalized by the end of the year, you will be considered unmarried for the entire year. Trust me, I am not the only one that has wondered if certain people getting married on New Year's Eve did it for tax purposes. This even made the list as a Reindeer Games Tax Tip on the Don't Mess with Taxes Blog. Regardless of why/when you get married or divorced, keep in mind its your status on December 31 that counts (for tax purposes).
A similar "rule" applies for children. A child who was born during the year is treated as living with you all year and therefore meets the requirements to claim a child tax credit. The same applies if you adopted a child during the year. Assuming you otherwise qualify, you receive the full credits and/or deductions for the child. Now, it takes much more time to plan a birth before the end of the year than to plan a quick wedding, but a quick search tells me many I am not the only one who has thought about this. I found many blogs and articles of soon-to-be parents planning to induce labor or schedule a delivery before December 31.
(Due to the fiscal cliff approaching, this year in particular has some major implications for things like the child tax credit and the child/dependent care credit, but I said this would be a "lighter" tax topic, so I am not going to get into that. Feel free to do a search and you can find plenty of information on that topic.)


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The Santa Monica-based production and sales company has licensed action title Dead Drop, Liam Hemsworth wartime romance Love And Honor and comedy Struck By Lightning to Pinnacle Films/All Interactive Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand.
Lightning has completed several multi-film deals including one with South Africa's Ster-Kinekor Home Entertainment for Love And Honor, Struck By Lightning, heist comedy Whole Lotta Sole and family title Heaven's Door.
Fox Asia has acquired Love And Honor, Whole Lotta Sole and Struck By Lightning, while HBO Europe has picked up Love And Honor and Struck By Lightning for Eastern Europe and YES DBS took the last two titles for Israel.
Eagle Films has picked up Middle Eastern rights to Love And Honor, Struck By Lightning and Heaven's Door and Horizon International will release Whole Lotta Sole and Heaven's Door in Turkey.
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Ian and his band of merry people have been good with us for the last few years since the 1st race.
Just wondering as most will be doing Henley as the champs race, or Lanza!
Are we still organising a posse for the feed station or just moving on?
I posted a reply on another thread yesterday, personally I would like to see the Pirate feedstation as an enduring aspect at Outlaw. Its the biggest UK race and think it reflects well on us to give something back.
I also think that by giving something to others we reap the benefits in the support you get as a pirate, ive been to races all over and had complete strangers shouting for me, that counts for a lot and I think the support we give to others (including the feedstation at Outlaw) reaps this payback. Its also good fun
Its early days yet but id imagine we'll need to canvass for support in the new year, I know a number of people have already said theyre keen to help.
Next year id like to make it even bigger and better, akin to one of the Ironman feestations you get on the continent, ive a few ideas up my sleave
Lee.....what's wrong with doing the whole thing....
Which bit are you going to do.
I think there are still going to be a number of pirates doing outlaw next year so the support station would be good..............
Yeah, I've got unfinished business with Outlaw, so that will be my A race next year.
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Was thinking the run, eek! Putting a team together with Colourin, hopefully. Defo wouldn't want to do the swim, as i'm sooooooo slow i'd worry about missing the cutoff, lol. You going for it Razor?
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Its in my diary already. I had to much fun this year that I can't wait. Might be up for a swim leg in the relay, or might spend the whole day on the support station.
is that to race or support mitten..............
this is going to be my A race next year
did my first ironman at Outlaw this year and the experience was made for me when in setting up my tent early on Friday I inadvertantly pitched in an area that would became irrisistable to the hoardes of arriving pirates over the next 36 hours! Many people came over to introduce themselves , chilli bean , seren mis, troggs , I could go on and on , and (after witnessing some ritual aound a very ornate box of chocolates!) we all went down to registration on the Saturday morning.
Being a pirate would be great....
Ian .... not sure about that as you did stnad and laugh at 5 of us trying to sett up Mr Z's tent!!
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is that to race or support mitten..............
this is going to be my A race next year
If you're racing........who are people going to throw bottles at ........??
Ian....brilliant .you need to think of a forum name to change to.....
then just buy some kit and join in the banter.........what races are you planning on next year
I was racing two years ago when Outlaw wasn't an official sailing and the support from the Pirate station was phenomenal. I'll be more than happy to go and help give something back next year, and I'm sure there will be some guys doing the race, too.
I tried to help early on in the debacle , but after a while it was obvious that some instructions would have helped, and when the solution became apparent it was a beautiful thing !
I don't think instructions are the Pirate way.....unless its 'Last orders at the Bar!!'
How did you race go anyway, you looked in good form when I saw you at the feedstation!!
Fancy Lanza next year.....??
the tent erection only looked a mess as there was no woman in charge of the job
rafi........i am sure i could accurately aim a bottle or two at you head
Seren , I remember you , and your hat! I read through a lot of the post outlaw stuff and laughed out loud for ages at the '' swim bike ambulance' T-shirt competition. Other than that , I ran on the day in a Raven shirt named after Robert 'the Raven' Kraft who has run 8 miles a day every day for the last 37 years on South Beach Miami and who was a inspiration to me, he also swims about a quarter of a mile at the end of every run between the life guard towers.
Races , I would like to do Outlaw again and the Newby Hall half distance in Sept, and the 999 sprint tri at Holme pierre point again , and of couse the Leeds Tri and the Leeds xpress tri, and maybe some othes...


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they do not behave like snprintf() for instance, i.e. the length of the string is not a *maximum length* but an *exact* length, and you end up with null '\000' or '\@' caracters in your PHP string if the length parameter is greater than the actual length of the string to be associated with return_value.
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Mathoms was an old word of the hobbit-dialect, not recorded as being in use outside the Shire. It was used to refer to "trinkets" or any item that had no particular immediate use.
Mathoms were many of the presents that passed from hand to hand by the Shire-hobbits - an important part of their culture - and whose owners did not wish to throw them away.
Eventually they were stored in the Mathom-house in Michel Delving.[1]
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Mathom is a word invented by Tolkien, constructed from an obsolete Old English word máðm "treasure, precious thing".[2]
It is used as a rendering of the original Hobbitish word kast.[3]
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International Women's Hackathon 2014
If interested, Safia Abdalla from Northside Prep is organizing a team. You can reach her at seabdalla [at] gmail [dot] com.
April 25–27, 2014 | Worldwide on university campuses and live at the USA Science & Engineering Festival, Washington DC
The International Women's Hackathon is a crowdsourcing event to empower young women leaders in computer science. By providing a fun and safe environment in which to explore computing, the hackathon encourages and supports university women around the world to become producers of future innovations in technology and help solve challenges in the world today. After much success last year and many requests to hold the event again this year, we are pleased to announce that the next event is planned for the weekend of April 25 to 27, 2014, on university campuses all over the world. We will connect via Skype from our live event at theUSA Science & Engineering Festival with all worldwide sites during the hackathon.
We want to ensure that the 2014 hackathon meets the needs of university women. To that end, we enlisted the help of a group of NCWIT (National Center for Women & Information Technology ) Aspiration in Computing Winners to help us organize the upcoming hackathon and challenges, and re-examine the rules and regulations and the toolkit. Thank you to the leads and planning committee members:
- Halie Murray-Davis, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
- Jinisha Patel, New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Safia Abdalla, Northside College Preparatory High School
Team members:
- Ashika Ganesh, West Windsor Plainsboro High School North
- Aishwarya Borkar, San Jose State University
- Diem-Nhi Tran, University of Texas at Dallas
- Heather Huynh, University of Georgia
- Kylie Moden, Trinity University
- Nishtha Oberai, University of Colorado Boulder
- Veronica Wharton, Rochester Institute of Technology
We are excited that the following nonprofit organizations are sponsoring this year's challenges: UN Women, Hindsight Group, Boys & Girls Clubs of Calgary, and Teens Against Distracted Driving. This year, there will be a challenge focused on increasing more women in STEM fields and a challenge to stop people from texting while driving.
The event is supported by Microsoft Research, National Center for Women & Information Technology, Association for Computing Machinery Committee on Women, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Women in Engineering, UN Women, Hindsight Group, Boys and Girls Club of Calgary, Teens Against Distracted Driving, Million Women Mentors, Microsoft Bing for Schools, Microsoft Learning Experience, Microsoft Citizenship-Youth Spark, and Microsoft Skype.
Women's Hackathon planning
Young women in computer science, electrical engineering, and informatics—as well as women student groups on universities campuses around the world—are encouraged to host local hackathons. Last year, we had 14 events in 7 countries with more than 600 young women hacking computing solutions to help human trafficking victims. Many of them contacted local hacker spaces, computing communities, developers, and women organizations for support of their local event. The event was open to women of all skill levels—from those who haven't programmed at all to the best women programmers out there. The individual worldwide hackathons helped inspire women to learn, invent, and create the future.
To help hosts plan their hackathon, we assembled the International Women's Hackathon Kit, which provides useful information for event hosts like checklists, suggested schedule, sample menu, activities, the challenge projects, and judging guidelines. It also includes a customizable poster and email message that organizers can use to promote individual events to local university women. Event organizers may also choose to invite high school women.
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It looks like "Frankenstein's Army" will find itself with a limited theatrical run on July 26th. The film takes place at the end of the second world war when Russian soldiers discover a secret Nazi lab where scientists are using the work of Dr. Viktor Frankenstein to build an army. I can't think of anything funny to say here that doesn't make me sound like a monster.
Every book Stephen King has ever written will be made into a movie including "Joyland", which he hasn't put out yet. Tate Taylor of "The Help" fame will adapt the story which follows a student in 1973 who begins working at a carnival and finds himself wrapped up in the legacy of a murder. It's only a matter of time before we start making movies out of his drunken crossword puzzle mishaps.
I can't think of anything worse right now than a new "Dracula" movie but Sarah Gadon has been cast in one. I don't know who she is but she was on some show called "My Dad the Rock Star" which sounds like the second worst thing.
Rob Zombie says "The Lords Of Salem" will be his last horror flick for a very long time... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Some more details on what we can expect from season 2 of "American Horror Story" are flooding the tubes. It looks like Ryan Murphy, the shows creator, is on the hunt for a Angelina Jolie in "Girl Interrupted" to battle with Jessica Lange in the upcoming season. I've never seen that movie but I do own a copy of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and if it's anything like that I think we've got a winner.
Oh boy oh boy! Showtime has officially dropped the premier date for season 7 of "Dexter" and what a date it is! September 30th. Isn't that a good date. Just turning to Fall time. The leaves are beginning to turn. People are starting to think about Halloween. I hope to be down two pant sizes by then. It's really going to be magical.
I don't know why but I always assumed David Cronenberg didn't even own a TV. Maybe he doesn't actually but he's working on a new show called "Knifeman". The series is a medical drama that follows the happening of a radical self-educated surgeon. Cronenberg will direct the pilot and play the producer role for the series. No word on what station this one will be on but I can't imagine Fox Family is going to pick it up.
I have no idea how to pronounce Karel Roden's name but he's been cast as a mad scientist in the upcoming film "Frankenstein's Army". The movie takes place towards the end of the second World War and finds the Russian army uncovering a creepy breed of living dead monsters that fight for the Nazi's. Sounds adorable.
Jon Favreau says his new film "Cowboys and Aliens" actually has some horror tossed in there despite the trailers not really showing much to make you believe this. He then made a bunch of "Swingers" references, said "Vegas Baby, Vegas" and did some swing dancing. That guy just won't let it go.
Good news nerds! Jeri Ryan isn't dead. In fact she's landed the role of Sonya in the the upcoming "Mortal Kombat" web series, which apparently is a role she's played before. Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Cher all tried out for the role but Mrs. Ryan landed it. Congrats! I'm completely BSing about everything except her being alive and getting the part.
Here's a new poster and some stills from the upcoming Australian shark flick titled "The Reef". Honestly I think most of these are just screen grabs from shark week but still they look pretty cool. Sharks = awesome. That's math folks, look it up in a book or something.
Ever wonder what would of happened if Victor Frankenstein's journal got into the hands of the Nazis during World War 2? Sure, we all have. Well ladies and gentlemen I give you the trailer for "Frankenstein's Army" which finally answers your questions. At least I think it does, the trailer plays more like some weird German art student's final project. I think I saw a monkey painting a landscape on a horse. Weird stuff man.


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Quirky is a newcomer to the Pi, and there were some issues with the first release, 8.1, and have been steadily resolving them. Hopefully, you will find 8.1.2 to be a very nice experience.
Any issues, please do report them, either here or over at the Puppy Forum:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... &start=375
Note, I read the Puppy Forum more frequently.
Some good news is that I think that the Service Pack mechanism is now fixed for sd-card installations, so in future you won't have to download a complete new sd-card image to upgrade, just a small PET package (PET is the native package format for Puppy Linux).
In theory anyway, I fixed it but haven't yet tested the fix. It should be OK.
A note about the download image, it is for a 8GB sd-card, or bigger. The reason I didn't release a 4GB image, is Quirky has a "snapshot" feature that needs lots of room. This feature is something that users have come to love. You can take a snapshot of a working system, then at any time in the future can choose to roll back to any earlier snapshot.
Which is great if you have broken the installation. Or, you compiled lots of packages, and just want to get rid of them all -- take a snapshot before doing all the compiling and you can just restore to it.
To find out more, look in the menu "Filesystem -> Snapshot Manager".
An intro to snapshots is here:
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Data Analysis with Open Source Tools Book Review
Given the broad number of open source data collection and analysis libraries and utilities freely available on the Internet, the concept of combining data analysis with open source tools is a topic worthy of deeper exploration. How well does author Philipp Janert fair with this effort? Read on to find out.This is the second book review I've written in the past month that was written by a physicist turned software developer and book author. However, unlike Ruby on Rails Tutorial author Michael Hartl, Data Analysis with Open Source Tools Mr. Janert has pursued a consulting practice in algorithm development, data analysis, and mathematical modeling. As such, his specialty makes him the ideal subject matter expert to write such a book.
The book is sectioned into four parts: Graphics, Analytics, Computation and Applications. The introduction opens with the sentence: "Imagine your boss comes to you and says: Here are 50 GB of logfiles - find a way to improve our business!" And thus the journey of learning how to dissect, differentiate, visualize and report vast quantities of data begins. Employing copious code samples and libraries in both the Python and R languages coupled with the appropriate math required for the algorithm's functionality, the author steps readers through several hefty lessons in algorithmic development and implementation. Even though the book was written the beginner and intermediate audience, some of the topics might be intimidating for those with weak math backgrounds. The author also opted to constrain the book's scope to general data analysis topics; as such, things like network analysis, natural language processing and "big data" are not covered.
The choice to open the first part of the book on the topic of graphics was a good one, since rendering the data in histograms, probability, rank-order, scatter and time-series plots with a little help from the NumPy, matplotlib and scipy Python libraries help readers see trends and patterns easier. Other open source tools demonstrated by the author include Gnuplot, the Gno Scientific Library (GSL), Pycluster (and the C Clustering Library), SimPy, Berkeley DB and SQLite to name a few. In addition to a basic overview of classical statistics, the author summons computational analytic examples using Bernoulli trials, Gaussian, Geometric, Poisson and Power-Law distributions.
The third part of the book reviews the mining of data via simulation, clustering, Principle Component Analysis (PCA), self-organizing maps (SOM's, a.k.a., Kohonen maps), and others. The book's forth and final part on applications puts the data to use via business intelligence, dashboards, and reports. Examples using financial calculation and modeling (ex: depreciation, direct/indirect and opportunity costs, fixed/variable costs, etc.), predictive analytics (ex: Bayesian, decision tree, instance and rule-based classifiers and nearest-neighbor methods) and others. The book also has three appendixes - one that reviews programming environments for scientific computation and data analysis, a rather lengthy one on various calculus tricks and techniques, and the final one on working with collections of data (featuring a phrase that I will no doubt use on occasion from now on, this being the "care and feeding of the data zoo").
Each chapter concludes with a workshop section featuring programming examples that reiterate and apply that respective chapter's principles. There are also insightful opinions interspersed throughout the book, such as an essay on why the promise of the map/reduce craze may not be the silver bullet its proponents advertise it to be, and the nature of statistical learning. Unlike other O'Reilly-published books, Data Analysis with Open Source doesn't have any of the usual 'animal track' tips and 'bear trap' warnings, so these brief commentaries by the author help fill in the theory with the real-world expectations and practices. The book's epilogue is aptly named "Facts Are Not Reality" reminding readers who may have become overly enthusiastic by the power of computation that "data-driven decision making is a contradiction in terms", "when the data contradicts appearances, appearances will win" and the most potent reminder of all, "The most important things in life can't be measured." But for that which can be, this book has plenty good advice and smart techniques to offer to its audience.
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Bisons, Dickey win 4-2
R.A. Dickey spun his magic and once again the Pawtucket hitters were mystified.
For the second time in 10 days, the Bisons' knuckleballer dominated the Red Sox. This time, the veteran took his show on the road and led the Herd to a 4-2 victory on Saturday afternoon.
Dickey allowed two runs in eight innings of work. He struck out five and posted four 1-2-3 innings as part of his 110-pitch effort. At one point, Dickey retired seven batters in a row, giving the Bisons offense a chance to rebound from an early deficit.
Buffalo trailed 2-1 in the sixth inning with their only run coming on a bases-loaded doubleplay off the bat of Josh Thole in the second. With Mike Hessman aboard, Mike Cervenak came through with two out in the sixth when he drove a 2-0 pitch from Randor Bierd to deep left-centerfield for his second homer of the season.
The Bisons added insurance in the ninth inning thanks to the red-hot Ruben Tejada. The shortstop had two more hits, including a double that scored Andy Green all the way from first base. Tejada has now hit in five straight games with three multi-hit efforts.
John Lujan made his Triple-A debut in the bottom of the ninth and struck out two batters in his first save of the season.
BISONS NOTES:Chris Carter went 2-3 with a walk against his former team…Andy Green was 1-3 with two runs scored and has hit in all three games since been activated off the disabled list.


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Bookmark this! South Lawn demo watch
As UVA's South Lawn project begins to lower its big footprint on the neighborhood behind New Cabell Hall along Brandon Avenue and Valley Road, pricey properties are meeting the wrecking ball. To keep track of the demos, bookmark this blog post, as we'll be sure to let you know what's going down.
What's the South Lawn Project? Check out this virtual tour UVA has put together, or read the Hook's coverage.
Another one to come down
Neighborhood Development Services staff report that R.J. Smith Construction Inc. has applied for a permit to demolish 405 A & B Valley Road. No word yet on how much UVA paid for the duplex, as accessement records still list the previous owners.
January 23, 2007
South Lawn project demos continue
It appears the UVA Foundation got a deal on 407 Valley Road, another property scheduled for demolition to make way for the South Lawn project. As the Hook recently reported, UVA has paid some hefty sums for houses in the project's path, including $1,000,000 for 434 Brandon Avenue, a 1,813 square-foot two-story assessed at $461,800. Granted, assessments never come close to reflecting the real market value of a property, but $538,200 over assessment?!
However, UVA paid only $449,575 last October for the 407 Valley Road property, a 1,843 square-foot two-story on 0.113 acres. That's only $239,775 over its assessed value of $209,800. Go figure.
Brandon Avenue's $1,000,000 winner!
Buying a Scratch Game lottery ticket isn't the only way for locals like Tiger Fuel Co. employee Donnie Ward to win a million bucks– you could also be a property owner lucky enough to be in the way of UVA's South Lawn project.
To make way for the $160 million project, several demolitions will commence this month near the intersection of Valley Road and Brandon Avenue. According to Tim Rose, CEO of the UVA Foundation– the arm of the school that handles its real estate holdings– a total of nine properties in the neighborhood are scheduled for demolition. Just last week, one of the project's contractors, R. J. Smith Construction, applied for demo permits to take down the four houses pictured in this post– 434 and 501 Brandon Avenue, and 408 and 502 Valley Road. "Most of them will come down this month," says Rose, "a few in June or July." More


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Writing is the most influential tactic you can employ as a marketer. You can have pretty graphics, but the words you write are what will inform, educate and entice your customers to take action.
Before you can write effectively, though, you need to decide what type of writing style you want to incorporate. Your style needs to remain consistent throughout all of your collateral, as this will help create brand recognition among your customers. If you continue to change voices and styles on every new marketing collateral you generate, it will leave your customers confused.
The following are writing style tips for marketers.
Choose your style.
Take a good look at your company and what you have to offer. Then, take a good look at your target market. When you decide which type of style to use, you need to consider your audience first, as these are the people who will be reading your marketing collateral. Determine what type of writing style is most effective to your target audience. Do they prefer persuasive pieces, informative pieces or maybe even narrative pieces? Once you know what your readers want, you can start writing to this desired style.
Keep a consistent voice.
Determining your writing style is only a part of the battle. You also need to pick a voice. Do you want to be informative, or do you maybe want to be more lighthearted and funny? Again, you need to look at who your audience is and what they are most likely to relate to.
Be clear and concise.
Your audience doesn't have all day to read your collateral, so you need to grab their attention, inform them and get them to take action in as little sentences as possible. Don't talk around your topic, and don't say the same thing in multiple ways.
You also need to make sure that your sentences make complete sense. If you use fragments or run on sentences, or if you mess up the subject/verb agreement, it's going to make your writing harder to follow. The more work your audience has to put into understanding your collateral, the less likely they will be to read more.
Know your topic.
If you don't have a good handle on the topic you're writing about, your message is not going to be effective. Before you can offer advice or inform your readers about a topic, you need to know a good deal about it. The purpose of your writing is to come off as an expert. If your content only includes the basics, your readers aren't going to take action.
Having a good grasp on your writing style will help your messaging become more consistent while reaching your target audience. Having a consistent writing style will also help give you some brand recognition. If you don't have a consistent style, you will not effectively reach your audience, and you run the risk of losing some business. Using these writing tips will help you achieve a writing style and start reaping the benefits.
Andrew Malak is a business student at the Univeristy of Texas. He is obsessive about his grammar usage and refuses to submit any writing or homework without first proofing it with a grammar checker. Most of the time he has no problem remembering grammar rules but he likes to use the software to double-check.


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xpStyle 126.96.36.199 is a collection of native Delphi VCL components (so no ActiveX controls or external DLLs required) that enable you to provide the look and feel of Windows XP even when your application is running under earlier Windows platforms. RhoSoft claims that these controls will work with Windows 95 and 98, Windows ME, NT, Windows 2000 and, of course, XP itself - about which more later.
The accompanying screenshot may look at first glance like an ordinary XP application, complete with the familiar XP Luna blue frame. However, it's actually a Delphi application, built with xpStyle running under the Windows classic Eggplant colour scheme.
The emulation of the window frame itself is reasonably good, although you'll notice that a little eggplant green has spoilt the effect by creeping into the up/down controls and combo boxes. The most important member of the xpStyle toolkit, TxpWindow, is a control which you simply drop onto a form, set its Active property to True, and, hey presto, you have instant Aqua on non-XP systems.
It's perhaps a little hard to understand why one would want to make your program look like an XP app when running on, say, Windows 95. While there are advantages to having a sleeker interface than the next guy, the XP appearance is now so familiar to most people that it would just look weird running on Windows 95.
That said, there are other benefits that TxpWindow brings you. With it active, you can programmatically adjust the height of the caption bar within certain defined limits, select different styles (blue, olive, silver, and so on), control whether the window has rounded top corners - a real must-have feature - or, more usefully, add extra buttons alongside the standard complement.
Unfortunately, none of these capabilities are available unless TxWindow is active, whereas you'd typically want to turn it off under XP itself, preferring the look and feel of the real thing. All in all, a bit of a mixed bag, but the price is reasonable for what you get. Dave Jewell


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Girl Guide cookies are sold by girls in communities across Canada. The chocolatey mint cookies are available every fall (October to December) and the classic chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies are available every spring (from approximately March to June).
The semi-annual door to door cookie sales is a long standing tradition in Canada but you will also find Girl Guides selling at scheduled group events in your community throughout the year. Check out our national cookie finder map to find out where to buy cookies in a location near you.
Cookie Days in Canada is a nationwide cookie sales event held twice a year, in April and October. Check the cookie finder map for exact dates.
If you are still having problems finding cookies for sale in your community, please contact your provincial office.
Girl Guide cookies are sold for only $5.00 a box.
Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada is committed to ensuring the safety and security of our girl and adult Members in all Guiding-related activities. Therefore, GGC has adopted the following online cookie sales guidelines: Girl Guide cookies are currently not sold online due to safety concerns, and so GGC does not lose the face-to-face interaction between girls and the supporting public.
In addition, Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada (GGC) did some preliminary research into the viability of an online sales option for GGC cookies and found that the cost to implement online sales capability to our members was too high for GGC to reasonably manage.
The process of selling cookies is a valuable learning tool in developing future life skills for girls.
You can locate a cookie selling event by City or Postal Code at http://www.girlguides.ca/where_to_buy.
Online sales are considered to be a scenario where a transaction is made online. Online marketing can include various mediums like print, broadcast and social media in a safe and secure manner. Girls that are participating in online marketing initiatives (not online sales) should read and discuss the rules for online safety with parents/guardians and/or their Unit Guider(s). Cookies that are for sale on auction sites should not be purchased as GGC cannot guarantee the freshness of the cookies.
Proceeds from the sale of Girl Guide cookies support Guiding activities – both in your community and across the country. The money raised through cookie sales:
Cookie selling not only raises funds for Guiding programs, but also provides opportunities for girls to develop skills such as:
Over 6 million boxes of Girl Guide cookies are sold each year across Canada.
There are no peanuts or peanut products in Girl Guide cookies. The peanut-free logo and a peanut-free statement are located beside the ingredient list on all cookie boxes. To avoid the risk of cross-contamination, our cookies are produced in a peanut-free bakery to ensure that everyone can enjoy them. Get more information on Dare Foods' commitment to a peanut-free facility.
To ensure Girl Guide Cookies retain their optimum taste, texture and appearance they have a freshness guarantee date. Classic Girl Guide cookies are best within ten months of the date they were produced, while chocolately-mint cookies are best eaten within eight months of production. Girl Guide cookies can be consumed after these time periods even though the optimum quality will start to diminish. To determine the packaging date of your cookies, please locate the code imprinted on the end flap of the box. This code is a series of four or five digits followed by a letter. The first one or two number(s) refers to the year in which the product was made (e.g. 9 represents 2009, 10 represents 2010). The following three numbers refer to the specific day within the entire year (day 001 to day 366), and the letter refers to the shift the product was produced on. For example, the code 11035D would indicate that the product was made in 2011 on the 35th day (February 4), shift D.
Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada (GGC) is aware of the health issues surrounding particular processed foods, including cookies, and is committed to maintaining the quality of Girl Guide cookies while keeping these concerns in mind.
Girl Guides of Canada is proud to state announce that our classic chocolate and vanilla Girl Guide cookies have 0g trans-fat per serving, while our chocolatey mint cookies have 90 percent less trans-fat per serving than before. There is now only 0.1 g of trans-fat per serving (two cookies). Our ability to completely remove the trans-fat is limited by our desire to maintain the same quality, taste and texture of our chocolatey mint cookies. We have worked closely with our baker Dare Foods Ltd to reduce the trans-fat content of our cookies while maintaining the same great taste that Canadians love. As always, it is important to remember that cookies are a treat.
Yes, both the shipper case and the box are printed on 100 per cent recycled material while the box's coating is water-based (which is more eco-friendly than previous coatings). The plastic tray is fully recyclable in most municipalities. The cookie tray over-wrap (the clear cellophane) is recyclable, but has limited acceptance - please check with your local municipality.
GGC has several programs/initiatives where girls can earn badges or awards;
GGC has been selling cookies since 1927. It all began when a Regina Girl Guide Leader baked and packaged cookies as a simple way to raise money. Girl Guide cookies are a time-honoured and eagerly awaited Canadian tradition. Read more about the history of Girl Guide cookies in Canada.
You can contact our Cookie Consumer Service number at cookies(@)girlguides(dot)ca or 1-800-507-7564.
While several provinces, including British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec and Ontario have or are soon to put restrictions on certain types of door to door sales (specifically air conditioners, water heaters, furnaces, water treatment devices or any other prescribed product) there are no restrictions on girl Guide Cookie sales. Charitable organizations are exempt from such bans and any members that receive complaints when approaching customers during door to door blitz should reference www.consumerinformation.ca for specific information relating to their province's regulations.


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Racer is always welcome in my house. The familiar
scenery, control and music is like a visit from an
old friend. by
Vaughn Smith
was formally introduced to Ridge Racer ten years ago
when it was included with the $499 brand new PSone
that I brought home from Wal-Mart. Hey, at least the
damn system came with a game! My Xbox 360 sure as
heck didn't and it was the same price! Okay, so the
360 has some added bells and whistles and it also
has Ridge Racer 6 which is fine by me. Back in the
day, Ridge Racer was where it was at. No one slagged
it for being too "arcadey". I'm not even
sure the phrase "arcade physics" was in
use back then as there wasn't any other kind. Today
it's an entirely different story. You either get Namco's
flagship racing title or you don't; rarely is there
any inbetween. Fans will argue to the death defending
it while detractors seemingly have no end to their
opinions on why the game just doesn't compare to more
'serious' simulation racing games available. Ridge
Racer has always been about ridges and races and it
makes no excuses for any other gameplay absences.
Over the last decade we've seen numerous racing franchises
zoom onto the scene, each promising more realistic
physics, control and modifications. I'm not a particularly
big fan of games like Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport
as I dislike the amount of time I have to spend simply
learning how to go around a curve in the road. The
farthest I go to the 'sim' side of things is Project
Gotham Racing which I love deeply. In terms of learning
curve, Ridge Racer 6 is as pick up and play as you
get although it will still take awhile to get your
RR legs, as I call them.
Racer has always been about drifting. Drifting is
the art of taking corners at high speeds without losing
control or momentum. Without completely mastering
this technique even the easiest courses in RR6 will
eat you up and spit you out. To drift you must steer
into the direction of the curve you are taking. As
your vehicle begins the turn, release the acceleration
which will cause the car to slide. At the apex of
the curve, reapply the gas and steer in the opposite
direction of the curve to gain control. If you manage
to come back onto the straightaway facing the right
direction, you will have successfully completed a
turn. There are 3 varieties of drift available in
RR6 - Standard, Mild and Dynamic. Beginners should
start with Standard until they get their drfiting
be totally honest, until I found a vehicle that worked
for me (more on cars in a moment) and got back into
the swing of RR drifting after having played hours
and hours of PGR3, I was coming in 5th and 4th on
the easiest race. I was humiliated and I thought the
game was too hard. Being the pro that I am I persevered
and about a half an hour later I was kicking ass and
taking names - Sorry. I hate that phrase and I promise
I'll never use it again. From there I was conquering
the Ridge Racer universe and showing these CPU posers
what racing was all about. The poor AI never knew
what him 'em. I was like Neo awakening his powers
within the Matrix, I tell ya. I was often pulling
into first place before the first lap was done. So
am I that kick ass? Nah, I don't think so. Ridge Racer
is pretty easy during the first couple of zones and
the track design simply oozes playability (forwards
and backwards). Since there are only a little more
than a dozen tracks to race in the entire game, you'll
get to know them like the back of your hand.
to the series is the use of Nitrous which is filled
by drifting. The longer and faster you drift, the
faster your Nitrous reserve fills. There are three
reserves to fill and you can only use them once the
first reserve has been filled to completion. Namco
sweetens the deal by allowing you to abuse the power
of the Nitrous as well. If you have two or three reserves
filled completely, you have your choice of using the
power of one or pressing the RT & LT buttons to
set off a boost of 2X or 3X the Nitrous power (depending
on how many reserves you've filled), which will literally
have you flying down the highway.
you understand the 'rules' nothing will stop you from
kicking ass and taking names just like me. Oops. I
did it again. Sorry. The rules of RR6 as I came to
understand them are as follows.


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Police: Rochester man punched kids in cigarette fight
A western Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he punched his 14-month-old daughter while arguing over cigarette money with his wife, and with punching her 6-year-old daughter when she tried to break up the fight.
Online court records don't list an attorney for 35-year-old Darren Finch, of Rochester, who faces a preliminary hearing Thursday on simple assault, child endangerment and other charges stemming from the Jan. 3 dispute.
The Beaver County Times (http://bit.ly/WDFuR3 ) reports Finch's wife told police he was angry when he refused to give him money for cigarettes and began choking her about 2:20 a.m.
The woman says she was holding the toddler when Finch twice punched the child twice while trying to hit the woman. Finch allegedly punched the other little girl in the mouth when she tried to intervene.
Finch remained jailed Monday.
Information from Beaver County Times, http://www.timesonline.com


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As we discussed in our gray wolf facts article, gray wolves are keystone predators. They help maintain a healthy ecosystem by preying upon weak animals, thereby strengthening the herd as a whole.
In this video, George Monbiot reveals how the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park after a 70-year absence not only changed the ecosystem of the park, it also altered the physical landscape.


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According to the authors of this article, Americans are starting to lose faith in the institutions on which this country was founded. Institutions like the government, politics, corporations, banks, businesses and so on. Seven out of ten Americans believe that the country is on the wrong track and eight out of ten are dissatisfied with how the nation is being governed.
by Ron Fournier and Sophie Quinton
Updated: April 21, 2012 | 5:43 p.m.
National Journal
MUNCIE, Ind.—Johnny Whitmire shuts off his lawn mower and takes a long draw from a water bottle. He sloshes the liquid from cheek to cheek and squirts it between his work boots. He is sweating through his white T-shirt. His jeans are dirty. His middle-aged back hurts like hell. But the calf-high grass is cut, and the weeds are tamed at 1900 W. 10th St., a house that Whitmire and his family once called home. "I've decided to keep the place up," he says, "because I hope to buy it back from the bank."
Whitmire tells a familiar story of how public and private institutions derailed an American's dream: In 2000, he bought the $40,000 house with no money down and a $620 monthly mortgage. He made every payment. Then, in the fall of 2010, his partially disabled wife lost her state job. "Governor [Mitch] Daniels slashed the budget, and they looked for any excuse to squeeze people out," Whitmire says. "We got lost in that shuffle—cut adrift." The Whitmires couldn't make their payments anymore.
They applied for a trial loan-modification through an Obama administration program, and when it was granted, their monthly bill fell to $473.87. But, like nearly a million others, the modification was canceled. After charging the lower rate for three months, their mortgage lender reinstated the higher fee and billed the family $1,878.88 in back payments. Whitmire didn't have that kind of cash and couldn't get it, so he and his wife filed for bankruptcy. His attorney advised him to live in the house until the bank foreclosed, but "I don't believe in a free lunch," Whitmire says. He moved out, leaving the keys on the kitchen table. "I thought the bank should have them."
A year later, City Hall sent him salt for his wounds: a $300 citation for tall grass at 1900 W. 10th St. Telling the story, he swipes dried grass from his jeans and shakes his head. "The city dinged me for tall weeds at my bank's house." After another pull from the water bottle, Whitmire kicks a steel-toed boot into the ground he once owned. "You can't trust anybody or anything anymore."
Whitmire is an angry man. He is among a group of voters most skeptical of President Obama: noncollege-educated white males. He feels betrayed—not just by Obama, who won his vote in 2008, but by the institutions that were supposed to protect him: his state, which laid off his wife; his government in Washington, which couldn't rescue homeowners who had played by the rules; his bank, which failed to walk him through the correct paperwork or warn him about a potential mortgage hike; his city, which penalized him for somebody else's error; and even his employer, a construction company he likes even though he got laid off. "I was middle class for 10 years, but it's done," Whitmire says. "I've lost my home. I live in a trailer now because of a mortgage company and an incompetent government."
Whitmire is a story of Muncie, and Muncie is the story of America. In this place—dubbed "Middletown" by early 20th-century sociologists—people have lost faith in their institutions. Government, politics, corporations, the media, organized religion, organized labor, banks, businesses, and other mainstays of a healthy society are failing. It's not just that the institutions are corrupt or broken; those clichés oversimplify an existential problem: With few notable exceptions, the nation's onetime social pillars are ill-equipped for the 21st century. Most critically, they are failing to adapt quickly enough for a population buffeted by wrenching economic, technological, and demographic change.
Knock around Muncie for proof: City Hall, like Washington, is petty and polarized, driving down voter engagement. Stodgy mainline churches are losing worshipers in droves. Low-tech and unruly public schools are prompting parents to pull their children out. The city's once-beloved business class shuttered its factories, leaving a legacy of double-digit unemployment and helplessness. Labor unions once credited with creating the middle class are now often blamed for the demise of industry. Even The Star Press, Muncie's daily newspaper once venerated for holding locals to account, was gutted after a job-killing merger in 1996 and the sale, a few years later, to media giant Gannett.
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